Feist was amazing Sunday night. I had high hopes that her show wouldn’t turn out like Regina Spektor’s recent show at the Moore, with a lot of fans singing along with her and pretty much ruining the night for me. Luckily that didn’t happen. …

I usally avoid arena shows, but I’ll make an exception for The Cure. They’re the only band that I camped out for in high school. This was at the Tower Records in Tacoma before everyone had the internet and scalpers had to wait in line with the rest of us to buy concert tickets. Does anyone else remember The Cure’s Wish tour when fans lifted the seats off of the floor and passed them back, creating a sea of plastic chairs undulating to the back of the Seattle Center Coliseum? Anyway, back to the present. The Cure will be in town on October 8th at the Key Arena with support by 65 Days of Static. Ticket details have not yet been released. …

OK, all you SweetWater fans out there, raise your hands. Alrighty then, I guess there are just a few of you left. But, how many of you are going to one, two or all three of their reunion shows this weekend at the Crocodile Cafe? All of you? Well, there you have it. They might not have been as popular as Pearl Jam or Nirvana, but fans of the local ’90s band were just as devoted, and they’re proving it this weekend. …

The Australian band Architecture in Helsinki first entered into my wave of consciousness when it was floating extremely close to my favorite band for the moment, Malajube. That is, on the Web site Music-Map (discovered months ago by P-I staffer Monica Guzman for the Staying In page). …